Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds were married in Bora Bora on New Year’s Day in front of 25 friends and family, but a lawyer is stating that the marriage is likely to be invalid.

The Sydney Daily Telegraph is reporting that Malgras Benoit, a general law specialist in French Polynesia, declared that the couple was ineligible to be married locally because they had not lived in the region for at least 30 days, which is a qualification that must be met under French law.

Benoit explained that the wedding, which took place on the beach with Tracey walking barefoot down the aisle to Gladys Knight’s “Makings of You,” does not constitute, “a real marriage, if it is on the beach with only a local priest. I think it was just an exotic, artistic ‘marriage.’”

Eddie, 46, has five kids with former wife Nicole, who he divorced last year, as well as one with Spice Girl Melanie Brown. Tracey, 40, has two children with ex-husband Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds.

All Eddie has to do is pay off a few officials, and suddenly the marriage is valid.

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